Fish Sniffer On Demand Digital Edition Issue 3908 Mar 27- Apr 10 | Page 19

Continued from pg 12 Pardee Lake Kokanee Are Abundant for Trollers IONE – The kokanee are thick at Lake Pardee, but they are primarily small and will need some time to grow up during the summer months. Trout plants continue with 1000 pounds of Mt. Lassen rainbows released this week bringing the total to 13,750 pounds since February 13. Kyle Wise of Head Hunter Guide Service was on the lake twice this week, and he said, “We put in 40 kokanee on the first trip with another 50 on the second trip with anything in pink or orange working. We scored with Paulina Peak Tackle’s hoochies or spinners along with a J-Pex lure behind either a PLite Dodger or Original Performer. The bite was crazy as we were off of the lake by noon with five limits, but the fish are all small with the largest at 12.25 inches.” Robbie Dunham of Koke Machine Guide Service went solo to check out the kokanee bite, and he caught and released 20 small kokanee in the 8- to 10-inch range on various tackle. Pardee has a 10 fish daily bag limit of kokanee with a separate limit of 5 trout. Pardee held at 89 percent while downstream Camanche dropped to 67 percent. - Dave Hurley Pyramid Lake Weather to Impact Cutthroat Fishing RENO - Over the past couple weeks, fishing at Pyramid Lake had been good for cutthroat trout ranging up to 15 pounds. Fly anglers are scoring well while working olive or brown streamers along drop offs in 10 to 12 feet of water while using sinking lines. On days when the streamers didn’t products, nymphs and beetles fished with indicators did the trick. Trollers were hooking up in a variety of different areas. Orange and frog pattern lures were working best. Mag Lips, Apex Lures and large spoons were producing good results. Spinners were working too. Most of the hook ups for trollers were occurring 10 to 25 feet deep, but there were fish closer to the surface too on days that featured breeze. As of press time a series of low pressure systems were lined up offshore and poised to push through Northern Nevada. A big temperature drop, strong winds and snow are in the forecast and the weather is expected to be unstable for at least a week. Clearly when the weather calms down again, the conditions at Pyramid will have changed and anglers will have to adjust their approach to dial in the bite. Quarry/Shadow Cliffs Lakes Bank Fishermen Sack Trophy Rainbows PLEASANTON – Trout fishing remains at the top of the angling menu at Shadow Cliffs Lake, although the largemouth bass fishing should start picking up with the warmer weather in the Arroyo Del Valle ponds. The park district stocked Shadow Cliffs with 1000 pounds of trout and the CDFW stocked 1000 pounds the week of March 16-20. Most trout reported lately have been caught taken by anglers fishing from the docks and shore with PowerBait, nightcrawlers and Kastmasters. George caught two seven- and eight- pound trout from the 1st dock, while Helio landed a four-pound trout at the point next to the boat ramp. Louie caught five- and seven-pound trout at the point next to the boat ramp, while Rudy landed a four-pound trout while on the first dock using a silver 17 Kastmaster lure. with catching striped Van caught his bass to 10 pounds. The eight-pound trout largemouths hit Senkos while fishing next and chatterbaits and to the boat ramp. the stripers hit topwater Finally, Mike MegaDogs in 2 to 3 feet of landed seven- and water.” ten-pound trout “Warren Trumbley fished while fishing on with my friend, Dave, the his boat. day before, and reported Anglers are also hooking between 15 and targeting rainbows 20 stripers while throwing at Horseshoe out River2Sea Swavers Lake in the Quarry and Sneaky Pete Glide Lakes Recreation baits. Most of their fish Area, but not were in the 8 to 15 lb. many anglers range.” have weighed - Dan Bacher in fish there over the past couple of weeks. Joaquin did catch Rollins/ a beautiful male rainbow in the Scotts Flat cove while fishing These guys had a great time landing rainbows and landlocked kings when they visited Trout, Bass & Folsom Lake with Captain Jerry Lampkin in late February. with a green Photo courtesy of T.N.G. MOTORSPORTS GUIDE SERVICE, Sacramento. More on Chomp at spoon. The park Foothills Lakes district planted COLFAX - Fishing isn’t red hot at Rollins 750 pounds of rainbows in Horseshoe Rio Vista Lake or Scotts Flat Reservoir, but it’s Lake the week of March 9-13 and 1000 pretty good for anglers that make the West Bank Striper pounds the week of March 23-27. The effort. CDFW planted 1000 pounds the week of Fishing Turns on On the bass fishing front, both Rollins March 16-20. RIO VISTA – Striped bass fishing has and Scotts Flat are producing strikes. Note that the use of lead fishing tackle rebounded on the Sacramento River “I’ve spend some time kayaking for both is prohibited at Quarry Lakes. You can on the West Bank below Rio Vista, with bass and trout at Rollins Lake and both exchange lead tackle at the kiosk in a “1 boaters hooking increasing numbers of species are on the bite,” reported Jason for 1” trade for stainless steel weights. fish while trolling plugs, tipped with plastic - Dan Bacher worms. CONTINUED ON PG 18 “Larry Neville and I caught and released 22 stripers during Redding my latest trip on the Sacramento,” said Chris Beads, Plugs, Flies & Salmon Ditter of Headrush Guide Eggs Tempt Trout Service. “Half of the fish REDDING - The trout fishing in the were keepers and the Sacramento River from Redding to Red other half were shakers. Bluff is good and it seems to be getting We kept four fish in the 5 better every day. With the lack of big lb. class. We also a really rains, the river is in great shape and the big fish.” trout are starting to feed consistently. “We fished the San The average rainbow runs about 2 Joaquin River for a while, pounds, but 5 pounders are possible. but only hooked a couple There have been some late run of shakers there,” said steelhead in the mix too. Ditter. “We trolled with A variety of methods can be used to deep-diving Yo-Zuris and hook the fish including using fly gear to P-Line Predators at 12 to present egg imitations and nymphs, back 15 feet deep. Although trolling plugs and drifting egg imitations, we did very well, others beads or natural salmon eggs on out fishing didn’t report spinning gear. doing so well.” One of the most effective approaches Alan Fong, manager is drifting egg imitating beads teamed of the Fishermen’s with slinky weights on spinning gear. Warehouse in Despite the fact that some very large Sacramento said the trout and bonus steelhead are up for striped bass bite in the grabs, fishing pressure has been very Liberty Island area has light over the past two weeks. perked up along with the If you’d like a crack at some wild largemouth bass bite. rainbows in the Redding area with “The water is clear with conventional gear, give Robert Weese around 3 feet of visibility of Northern California Guide Service on the submerged or Mike Bogue of Mike Bogue’s Guide island,” said Fong, who Service a call. They are two of the best fished the day after he sticks on the river and will work hard to got back from a trip Bank anglers are nailing rainbows at Lake Pardee. This get you fish. To contact Weese, call (530) to Hawaii. “I caught handsome trout was landed on February 17. 755-7196. 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